diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 74524ab6c..f67621f16 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ $Id$
 $HeadURL: https://phpmyadmin.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/phpmyadmin/trunk/phpMyAdmin/ChangeLog $
 
 2.11.4.0 (not yet released)
+- bug #1843428 [GUI] Space issue with DROP/DELETE/ALTER TABLE 
 
 2.11.3.0 (not yet released)
 - patch #1818389 to remove a notice (failed to flush buffer), thanks to
diff --git a/js/functions.js b/js/functions.js
index 37b0f982d..276366409 100644
--- a/js/functions.js
+++ b/js/functions.js
@@ -159,9 +159,9 @@ function confirmQuery(theForm1, sqlQuery1)
         // For now, I just added a ^ to check for the statement at
         // beginning of expression
 
-        var do_confirm_re_0 = new RegExp('^DROP\\s+(IF EXISTS\\s+)?(TABLE|DATABASE)\\s', 'i');
-        var do_confirm_re_1 = new RegExp('^ALTER\\s+TABLE\\s+((`[^`]+`)|([A-Za-z0-9_$]+))\\s+DROP\\s', 'i');
-        var do_confirm_re_2 = new RegExp('^DELETE\\s+FROM\\s', 'i');
+        var do_confirm_re_0 = new RegExp('^\\s*DROP\\s+(IF EXISTS\\s+)?(TABLE|DATABASE)\\s', 'i');
+        var do_confirm_re_1 = new RegExp('^\\s*ALTER\\s+TABLE\\s+((`[^`]+`)|([A-Za-z0-9_$]+))\\s+DROP\\s', 'i');
+        var do_confirm_re_2 = new RegExp('^\\s*DELETE\\s+FROM\\s', 'i');
         if (do_confirm_re_0.test(sqlQuery1.value)
             || do_confirm_re_1.test(sqlQuery1.value)
             || do_confirm_re_2.test(sqlQuery1.value)) {